London , England -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Proving that records are meant to be broken , even after 114 years , a British-led rowing team Saturday won bragging rights for crossing the North Atlantic .

The four men , who left New York City on June 17 , completed their journey at St. Mary 's Harbour on the Isles of Scilly after rowing , rowing , rowing and more rowing for almost 44 days , the Ocean Rowing Society International reported .

The Artemis Ocean Racing team , led by Leven Brown , finished in 43 days , 21 hours , 26 minutes and 48 seconds , knocking more than 11 days off the 55-day record set by a pair of Norwegians in 1896 , according to the UK Press Association .

Dozens of people lined up at the dock and crowded on to boats in the harbor to witness the team 's arrival .

Other members of the crew are Ray Carroll of Ireland , Don Lennox of Britain and Livar Nysted of Faroe Islands .

`` The funniest thing for me was walking up the quayside -- after more than six weeks of not walking , my legs felt more than a bit unsteady , '' Brown , 37 , of Edinburgh , Scotland , told the BBC .

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The four-man crew from Artemis Ocean Rowing were in their boat for six weeks

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Team broke North Atlantic rowing record set in 1896

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Boat traveled from New York to islands off England